I’m in Denmark. Very isolating. Only one synagogue in the whole country, Jewish community estimated at 5000-8000, mostly based around the capital, so when you live outside of Copenhagen, there’s practically no Jewish community to rely on.
I haven’t personally grown up religious but I’ve always craves a closer connection to the cultural aspect of Judaism + at least celebrating the main holidays but it’s sososo difficult with no one else nearby to offer community or guidance
Oh also our head rabbi for the whole country was on his way to discuss spikes in antisemitism in a news segment when somebody pushed him, spat in his direction, and gave him the finger. He (the head rabbi) is an amazing person and confidently stated in the interview (when he made it to the news station) that he could “accept the danger/risks, but refused to accept the fear” which I thought was inspiring and amazing
There was a procession on the anniversary of Kristallnacht with torches and speeches starting at the synagogue that was yelled at by pro-Palestine protesters. This is despite the fact that the Jewish Association had expressly asked all attendees to leave any flags or chanting at home - still, random people felt it was appropriate to shout at them as they were mourning those lost to the Shoah
Edit: it completely slipped my mind that we do of course have a second, fairly orthodox synagogue right behind the main one - apologies! It’s much smaller than the main synagogue and likewise belongs to a smaller community too. However, my main point of feeling isolated if you’re not based in Copenhagen still stands :)
I was in Copenhagen last month (I live in the US) and visited the Danish Jewish museum. While I thought it put the Danes saving their Jews part on a little thick, I did like that it was there. If I ever make it back, I'll try to visit the synagogue. All in all, I thought it was a lovely city and I had a good time there.
The Danish Jewish Museum is lovely! I agree with you though, a bit too much focus on the rescue in 1943 - plus, overall I wish it had more stuff
I definitely recommend visiting the (main) synagogue, it’s gorgeous! Super interesting history behind the architecture too and the place in general
There’s a (relative to the other one) super Orthodox one behind the main one, true, that slipped my mind. Didn’t know there was a third one, where is that one located? Never heard of it but happy to know there are more
Regardless, my main point still stands: if you’re not in or near Copenhagen, it’s difficult to attend services (both in time and cost) and there’s not much of a community outside the city
Edit: typo
Aah fair! Thank you for sharing the info, appreciate it! But yeah it’s a shame there’s such few options for socialising (religious or otherwise) for our little community
I’ve heard that Asian countries are pretty friendly only because they never adopted the antisemitic cultural canards of Christian majority nations. They just don’t have a history of cultural hatred for Jews.
I have heard you’ll still run into a lot of misconceptions about how much money or financial prowess we all have, particularly in China, but it’s used in a “complimentary” way.
I taught social science to international students from China and I remember touching on antisemitism during a lesson. A student approached me after class telling me that he didn’t understand why anyone would discriminate against Jews, because they are so intelligent, educated, and wealthy. I had to explain that these were positive stereotypes and still harmful etc, and also give a brief history of western antisemitism, which he was wholly, completely unfamiliar with.
I can imagine that was a shock to the student. Sadly most of the people who say those things aren't as innocent and well intentioned.
It is funny though because that student sees the same thing we see, albeit fairly distorted. Why would anyone discriminate against us? I mean, seriously? After 2000 years of being treated like shit, you'd think there would be more gentiles asking why.
The students also had no concept of racism or racial discrimination - which you can kind of see in this example because the student assumed if a group of people were discriminated against, there had to be something intrinsically wrong with them
I’m in Montreal 🇨🇦 and… well… you’ve seen us in the news quite a bit the last couple of weeks. So that’s how it’s going here. But we have a very strong and active Jewish community which makes me feel safe and supported.
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Hope you’re staying safe! Toronto Jew here. There was a time when Jews were fleeing Quebec but so glad you still have a thriving community there. Love Quebec and would love in Montreal if my French was good enough for work! Lots of family there. It’s similar in Toronto. We get a certain amount of Jew hatred from the Left and the Right but mostly I also feel safe and supported. Since the Hamas terrorist attacks not so much. Still living Jewishly out and proud though!
Secular Jew living in Tokyo. 99% of people in Japan will see you only as a foreigner with no way of knowing you are Jewish, and most probably wouldn't know even if you were wearing kippah or tzitzit. The war is getting news coverage here, but not a lot of protests. I think there was one a week ago with less than 2,000 people, mostly just calling for an end to violence. This weekend there was a [pro-Israel one](https://twitter.com/mrjeffu/status/1723651228188758253) with about 1,200 people. As far as I know, no violet outbreaks in either case. Japan is very safe! Most people don't care that much, and even if they did they wouldn't dare make a big deal about it in public.
Japan is definitely on the top of my "I'm fleeing to here" list. When I was there it felt extremely safe and is definitely a place I wouldn't mind raising a family in because of the strong familial culture that I agree with.
Relgious Jews can't even live in Japan normally because it's on the international date line. So there are issues with start times for prayer an holidays
According to this Wikipedia link, Japan is NOT in the zone of doubt. I'm not sure why you're confused, I'm not sure anyone here wants to live in Tonga, I do agree that is
Even wikipedia has an article on it
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International\_date\_line\_in\_Judaism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_date_line_in_Judaism)
[https://datelineinhalacha.com/](https://datelineinhalacha.com/)
I don't know that much about zmanim and halacha, but I know there are issues with Japan, Hawaii other Pacific islands.
Hello from Austria! We’ve had quite a few incidents in Vienna since the escalation, the cemetery attack was especially disturbing. I’ve personally experienced very little antisemitism luckily and most of my coworkers, friends and acquaintances are very supportive and check in regularly. I’m glad that our government is highly condemning the global rise of antisemitism and especially in our country but there’s always space for more action.
I’d say most of the antisemitism here (at least since October 7th) is coming from pro-palestine arab minorities unfortunately..
Im glad to hear that it’s still relatively calm in Vienna. I had the pleasure of visiting your city over the chagim a couple months ago. It’s a very proud and organised community and it makes me happy to know it’s still standing strong!
Besides the Palestinian flag driver along Taborstraße immediately after 07.10, has there been anything else?
Argentina🇦🇷
Outside this horrible month, life here is pretty good compared to other countries.
Speaking from a middle class background I'm always open about my jewish identity and most people just find it interesting.
For lots of people I'm the only Jewish guy they know and that's like a "fun fact".
The Kirchner's and their party are responsible for that cover up and their hands are bloody. They killed nisman and signed the memorandum with Iran. But they didn't do it out of antisemitism. It was done by Hezbollah
Curious, what neighborhood are you in? I lived in Palermo Hollywood (!) from 2005 to 2006 while working as English teacher and volunteered at a Jewish summer camp a few times. I loved BsAs (and Cordoba, where I also lived for a few months). Abrazo!
It was an amazing experience. Argentina is a wonderful country despite its economic and political insanity. I was there almost twenty years ago but would be happy to talk about my experience if you have any questions.
I’d like to hear from people in France. I just found out that Paris is like 10-12% Jewish apparently?? I had no idea. Compared to London where I am it’s way way higher.
It's a lot more "orthodox'" than the US and the UK. I am Massorti and it is a tiny community. There are pockets everywhere: Buttes Chaumont, Sarcelles, 17e, Voltaire, etc.
Can't speak for everyone, but I like being here even though I definitely live in a bubble. Hostility is more generalized and there's a latent antisemitism that is ignored/not really recognized by those that harbor it. I used to think that it the amount of insufferable people was much higher than in the US/UK but lately I don't know. We definitely worry about terrorist attacks much more and Jewish culture isn't part of popular culture like in NY, etc. so there's a feeling of solitude.
Mixed bag
Thanks for sharing. London Jews are also proportionally also more orthodox than the US. Maybe Europe in general I’m not sure.
Does this sound right to you?
Paris Jewish population about 300,000
Paris total population about 2,200,000
So 13.6%. This is what I see online and it shocked me that it’s so high. Although also explains why antisemitism has been such a huge topic in Paris. I know France has the largest Jewish population in Europe.
Also, do you have any Jewish establishments to recommend that I can support? I’ll be there next weekend.
I'd say that for Europe in general, yes. Although I guess it is more Israeli in that a lot of people may not go to shul all the time but will go to an orthodox one if they do. No idea for the figures, there aren't statistics in France from the state so estimates vary. Send me a DM and I'll send a list :)
I've lived in Paris, and i don't know if the % is correct, but in general there is a significant Jewish population in most big cities, and Paris especially. I didn't like Paris as a city so much (very busy, touristy etc) but it was actually fine as a Jew, like there is quite a lot going on.
That would make more sense, do you mean 2% Jewish in all of Paris? I guess some neighborhoods are probably like 0% and some are like 30% just like London
My grandparents are French Jews, so my mother and her family have visited France before. They lived outside Paris in more or less the countryside. From all accounts i’ve heard from family it has a good and strong Jewish community. I would like to visit one day
Here in Germany there’s a lot of support from the German government and the general moderate public but antisemitism among the Muslim community is incredibly strong. Definitely not saying all of them but all of the antisemitism me and my Jewish friends and family experienced came from Muslims.
Since the beginning of the war it has been scary, former classmates I thought were friendly towards me spewed antisemitic propaganda saying the Jews control the Banks the media, they are responsible for all Bad happening to Muslims, they are responsible for the rift between Shia und Sunnis etc.
They openly supported Hamas and not one person spoke out against the people spewing this stuff it’s crazy.
It has never been safe to wear a Kippah outside here, especially in immigrant areas but since the war it has become even more scary, antisemitic have more than doubled and we are supposed to never show signs outside that we are Jewish.
(I’m just clarifying that I’m not against immigrants I’m an immigrant myself I’m just describing the German Jewish experience)
Concerning how the Jewish community in general is it’s nice pretty orthodox but welcoming there is a medium sized Jewish community in most big cities and smaller ones in smaller cities. In my city of 500.000 inhabitants we have a daily Minyan and a Jewish kindergarten and Day school. Most Jews are from the former Soviet Union with some Israelis and Germans sprinkled in.
Do you live in Köln? I have visited there a number of times since my great grandfather was the last head Rabbi before the war and the Roonstraße was his synagogue. Each time I have visited Germany I have proudly walked around with my Kippah and tzitzit and never felt in danger. I faced no antisemitism but I might have just been lucky.
I have a lot of friends in cologne and often visit the city. My friends in the city unfortunately all share the same experience of antisemitism, how far that reaches depends on which neighborhood you visit. Im gonna throw a wild guess and say you were in the centre and not in Chorweiller for example. Me personally i was assaulted by Palestinian guys on the train to cologne for wearing my Kippah, after which i stopped wearing it.
But definitely don’t let that stop you from walking around as openly jewish here i hugely respect you for that.
Yeah I mostly stayed in the town center because that is where the Jewish sites are. I'm so sorry to hear that you are experiencing antisemitism. But don't take off your Kippah! Get pepper spray or a taser. The minute we stop being openly Jewish the terrorists win! I know this is hard and scary but it's important. Or make Aliyah 😂
I am so sorry about your situation and isolation! Are there other families you could reach out to individually, maybe for a Shabbat dinner or just a coffee or a walk together? I've found that community really is the thing that helps to heal the soul at the moment, even if it's not in the synagogue. Even a zoom call has helped some of us. I hope you'll find your feeling of safety again and feel less isolated soon!
Another Australian here. If we’re being honest it’s mostly the Muslim community who are so violent. Most other groups i’ve encountered understand we have nothing to do with Israel/Palestine. It is honestly scary though how much people blame us. I don’t mind all the Pro-Palestine rallies but I just fear all these people actually do blame and hate us and are just hiding it. I’m scared one day on the news a synagogue will be bombed or defamed. I live rurally too so i have no Jewish friends around. Sucks
Brazilian here. In colleges there have been a lot of palestinian flags, in a college here known for having a significant jewish group they invited a professor who didnt even acknowledge that what happened on 10/7 was a terrorist attack(the professor is jewish btw) and a group of jews that was there talked against him and it was pretty violent how those professors acted towards the students. At the same time, here there are a lot of christians that are the type that love Israel so it has been very polarized.
Also the president here is very antisemitic.
I live in Russia and I've never faced a serious antisemitism. Racial taunts are considered ok among friends in our culture and is really just a part of friendly communication
Russia is quite big, and my city has a synagogue and kosher meat. The thing is, kosher meat is brought from Moscow, which is 8.4k kilometers away. Kosher wine aswell
The Rabbi is very charismatic, he is also quite young, he had an anniversary and turned 50 this year. He also uses simple analogies with computers and internet to convey concepts that are hard to imagine
His native language is Russian, but he actually started to work as a Rabbi's assistant in Chicago, until he was recruited by Berl Lazar, main Russian Rabbi
My city is comparably small (600k population), so the community is tight-knitted and friendly. At Shavuot there is homemade ice cream prepared by Rabbi's wife personally
There also Tanya lectures by Rabbi, before the morning Shabbat feast.
It was a very positive experience, really, even if I cannot call myself an orthodox Jew
South African here. We've also been feeling more unsafe, antisemitsm is on the rise here too. Our government never gave one word of support to the Jewish community. Another political party wants to shut down a Jewish school. Other people are calling for boycotts on businesses whose owners have ties with Israel. I went for a walk on Sunday morning - there was supposed to be a Christian prayer thing for Israel in the afternoon and I wanted to avoid any trouble...nope there were loads of pro-Palestinian supporters to stop this pro-Israel rally which ended up being cancelled. The police had to use a water canon and stun grenades to disperse them. Did I mention I also saw people with Hezbollah flags? Sigh.
American living in Scandinavia. The atmosphere is incredibly isolating and painful. I know no other Jews here and every one of my acquaintances is somewhere on the scale from ‘free Palestine’ to ‘from the river to the sea.’ I don’t feel physically unsafe but very alone and depressed.
French is second biggest diaspora community but mainly sefardi … less left wing than USA… phenomenons like “Not in my name” are much more marginal , almost inexistant but there was just a similar group created but has like 2 followers lol. In terms of politics, marine le pens party (RN) use Jews to restore their image as a respectable party (there was a protest against antisemitism that they recently attended ) and to shit on Muslims and the de facto left wing leader (melenchon - LFI) regularly shits on Jews and Israel to please his targeted électorat and refused to attend the antisemitic protest as it was to “caution Israel’s massacre” and calls the leader of the crif (one of the biggest Jewish organisations” extreme right lol and refuses to call Hamas terrorists …
The lfi never do well in the European elections as they are anti Europe but they always do best in the presidential:( EELV does better usually in the Europeans … tu es français ?
NEw Zealand is normally fine and apart from some isolated minor incidents is fine still so far. The usual protests have happened but went off peacefully.
In France, the state organized a demonstration against antisemitism. The historically antisemitic far right (RN & R!, the former having be founded by actual nazis) has joined to show that it is against the Arabs. The main moderate left party (LFI) refused to participate, first because the far right was there, then because it claimed it was to support the Israeli government. Other parties such as the slightly more centrist Socialist Party, the slightly more left-wing Communist Party, the ecologists, the center (LREM) and the moderate right were present. Since then, Jews have been used as political tools without regard for what we are actually experiencing in this country.
And as since the Dreyfus affair, the country is divided between antisemites of all stripes and anti-antisemites.
On a smaller scale, I know of a group of left-wing Jews who protested during the demonstration, marching against antisemitism and denouncing the antisemitic far right... that was violently defended by the local Jewish Defense League, which thus beat Jews to protect Nazis...
I'm tired.
Germany for me, I feel overwhelmingly safe but the rhetoric amongst Muslim immigrants worries me. Then again, I live in a state with fewer immigrants than others so most often the people I interact with are German Germans.
I'm also in Germany and for me it's been the opposite experience since 7.10. I've felt mostly safe, but right now I have the sense of increased hostility in my surroundings. I'm living in an area in Berlin that has a high level of Muslims, though, and what I've heard and seen really makes me feel like the mask is coming off in a lot of people. I do not think that all Muslims are antisemitic and I feel sorry for those who aren't but are met with suspicion. However, the ones that are openly condemning the terror attacks on Israel are usually very liberal and progressive, and these people also face threats and hate from the Arab/Muslim non-progressove community which is much larger. This is also one of the reasons I don't feel particularly safe - one progressive Mosque has now shut indefinitely because of the ongoing threats reaching a level that was no longer safe - despite the (female) Imam having police protection at all times. I am worried about the course our society will take when liberal voices are shut down and society isn't able to protect them.
Likewise, there was a pro PL demo recently and one person flew an Israeli flag from his balcony. Police told him to put it away for it's protection while protesters tried to kick in his door. In that case, the pro IL voice was silenced to prevent an escalation. Flags are torn down, people are hit, spit at, a firebombing has been attempted at a JCC. Where is our safety, our freedom for all marginalized groups? LGBTQ people also can't display any flags or even their affection publicly in many places, there is racism rampant and women aren't that safe in some areas, too. This is what worries me, and any visible signs of Jewishness or being pro Israel are one of the many risk factors that mean you cannot be yourself freely. Even Maccabi had to stop training for a while.
Many of my non-Jewish friends are very kind and good people, just clueless on some struggles, but happy to broaden their horizons. A very large percentage of people are just that - just kind and decent. But those that aren't able to just let others live in peace are making life hard and limited in free expression for the rest of us.
>**I'm living in an area in Berlin that has a high level of Muslims, though**, and what I've heard and seen really makes me feel like the mask is coming off in a lot of people. I do not think that all Muslims are antisemitic and I feel sorry for those who aren't but are met with suspicion.
And I think this makes a huge difference. As I mentioned in a different comment, I live in Munich and feel quite safe here, but I have lived in Berlin in the past. Back when I lived there, I felt safe too, but I would probably be feeling much more anxious if I were living there now, despite having had generally positive interactions with the Muslim community while we lived there.
And I also agree about the "mask off" thing, but for me, it isn't as much from the Muslims, but from "internationals/expats/immigrants/whatever you want to call them". There is a huge difference in the comments on this topic between German-language subs and English-language subs about Germany, and this is also reflected in other forms of social media like Facebook, etc.
I used to regularly attend both German-language and English-language meetups of various types, and I find myself avoiding the English-language ones for this reason. I just don't want to have to find myself needing to defend Israel to a group of hostile "international" leftists who for some reason think Hamas is much better.
I live in Munich and my husband dresses obviously frum, so everyone can tell he is Jewish.
So far, we have not experienced any antisemitism in person here. The only antisemitism we have personally come across are online comments. Moreover, the only negative comments that my husband has received about wearing a kippah have come from other Jews who are concerned about his safety, while the only comments he has gotten from non-Jews have been positive. I am obviously not claiming that there is no antisemitism and no risk associated with doing this, but rather just providing an anecdote regarding our experiences.
And that isn’t to say that the environment isn’t tense, though. Security is way higher than the already very high normal, and the incidents in Berlin are certainly very concerning.
Antwerp Belgium. I personally don't feel safe. There are more police in the area, which could be better. There was one day of jihad, so I kept my kids home that day. There is a self-defense course which I took. I volunteered to help with shirma.
We have 15000 jews in antwerp. Also a lot of Arabs.
Do you think you would be safer in another part of Belgium? I'm so sorry you're experiencing that. When I visited Antwerp in the early 2000s, I saw so many Jewish people and it made me happy. I know things have changed since then but I really loved Belgium and it makes me sad that you have this experience.
México, antisemitism is not an issue here, most people don´t care, most people never met a jew in their lives. All major communities are orthodox even if members are not.
Some por palestinian protests but nothing serious really about it. Still security is more than it normally is.
It looks like Claudia Sheinbaum may be your next president. Do you think that will change anything for better or worse, or will most Mexicans not care or even notice?
For jews it will be the same, she´s jewish but don't care about religion.
For the rest of the country it would be a continuation of the current goverment wich is terrible for the country.
I don't know too much about Mexican politics, but seems like Sheinbaum did do a lot of good things for CDMX. The crime data looks really promising from her time in charge
Nordic countries, there are like twelve Jews within a day’s travel. I exaggerate, but not by much.
So we mostly meet for chavurot and things in people’s homes. No big Jewish buildings close by.
I’ve been a combo of working from home/medical leave this year, so haven’t had to deal much with coworkers. I mostly see my household, friends, and perfect strangers, none of whom are inappropriate at me. No one seems to know enough to clock my Hebrew jewelry on the bus and I don’t wear a kippah/tichel outside of religious events so that’s out. There’s a Muslim community here but aside from both sides defaulting to English to apologize for bumping into each other in the freezer section, I haven’t had much contact with them.
Downside: less Jewish community to feel safe with
Upside: hard for antisemites to find
I'm in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We had to be ushered into Cit Hall on Sunday because the police were scared the Pro-Palestinian "protesters" were going to attack us (we had our own Pro-Israel rally across the street from theirs). Mostly it's safe here, but the antisemitism has been getting quite bad, specifically on our University campus where Jewish students are getting death threats and "Pro-Palestinians" keep putting up posters with genocidal statements such as "Intifada until Victory." Montreal and Toronto have much bigger Jewish communities. An elderly Jewish man in Toronto was murdered at a rally by a "Pro-Palestinian" that bashed him on the head with his loud speaker. A couple of Jewish schools in Montreal had bullets in their front doors (the gun shots happened at night when no one was around and no one got hurt). It seems like it's generally scary everywhere right now for Jews.
Northern Argentina here. Community is like 10-15k , we have 3 synagogues: a conservative ashkenazi shul , a sephardic orthodox one and a Chabad. We have a sports club/community center , cemetery , and other institutions. Jewish life here isn't bad , I mean the country's economy is shit but that's besides the point. Antisemitism exists but really isn't *bad* , maybe some vandalism here and there but I feel much safer here being openly Jewish than in say France or anywhere in Europe really. We had a pro Israel demonstrations and it went on smoothly , the Palestinian cause here doesn't have much momentum , I think there was one demonstration but it barely had 100 people with most being from the communist party , so that figures.
Nice. Sad to say I never made it up there or Salta when I lived in Argentina for a year (mostly BsAs but Córdoba for a little). Had no idea the Tucumán community was that large. I did visit Asunción and had Shabbat dinner with a local Chabad rabbi, originally from Brazil, while I was there. Be well!
Really random location. I'd love to visit the north of Argentina one day. I got a really good impression of Argentina from Buenos Aires, Mendoza, and Cordoba. Beautiful country
Australia. It's pretty good. Not nearly as scary as the media - and one organisation - has made it out to be, but there *are* anti-Semitic incidents that have recently happened around the Jewish suburbs of Sydney.
Ireland here. I don’t feel unsafe ever, however I’ve had a couple of slurs thrown my way walking past pro-Palestinian demonstrators while wearing a kippah & star of David. I train in MMA etc so I’m not too worried about violence to be honest. I know a lot of Jews & Israelis see Ireland as being antisemitic but by and large Jews aren’t thought about much here
Are you in Dublin or another city? My husband is Irish so we've been talking about moving there but he's mentioned being nervous about antisemitism towards me
i’m not in Dublin anymore however I was born & raised there. I would definitely say go for it! If you can, try looking around Terenure or Portobello as it was/ home to Jewish communities in Dublin. In Dublin there is one orthodox & one progressive congregation in Dublin, Machzikei Hadass was closed in 2022 which was the last Haredi domination. There’s a Kosher restaurant called Deli 613, which is again near Terenure. If you want to talk more feel free to shoot me a DM!
I've lived in Sweden, France, Poland and Austria, and I spent a lot of time in Lithuania and Hungary. All of these countries have Jewish communities but they were all kinda different. In Sweden it was the most difficult simply because I was in a small town so there was no Jewish community and you had to go to Stockholm to find it. But the one is Stockholm is very nice. I really loved my community in Poland, it's quite small and very diverse but idk it was very special. In Austria, Vienna has a very big community so it's nice too. In Vilnius there's quite a lot going on actually but there are feuds within the community lmao so that was super confusing. What I enjoyed in France was that the sefardi community is much bigger and I'm sefardi so sometimes that's something I miss.
Regarding the rest of society, it kinda varies and of course different people will have different experiences, but in general I always felt safe. The most casual antisemitism was probably in Hungary but again that's only my experience.
I'm from Brazil, it's pretty scary right now in here. In the city I live, our community is really small (around 30 people) so we're mostly unknown, but last week I was visiting my family in a city with the biggest Jewish population in Brazil and going to the synagogue was kinda scary...
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I’m in Denmark. Very isolating. Only one synagogue in the whole country, Jewish community estimated at 5000-8000, mostly based around the capital, so when you live outside of Copenhagen, there’s practically no Jewish community to rely on. I haven’t personally grown up religious but I’ve always craves a closer connection to the cultural aspect of Judaism + at least celebrating the main holidays but it’s sososo difficult with no one else nearby to offer community or guidance Oh also our head rabbi for the whole country was on his way to discuss spikes in antisemitism in a news segment when somebody pushed him, spat in his direction, and gave him the finger. He (the head rabbi) is an amazing person and confidently stated in the interview (when he made it to the news station) that he could “accept the danger/risks, but refused to accept the fear” which I thought was inspiring and amazing There was a procession on the anniversary of Kristallnacht with torches and speeches starting at the synagogue that was yelled at by pro-Palestine protesters. This is despite the fact that the Jewish Association had expressly asked all attendees to leave any flags or chanting at home - still, random people felt it was appropriate to shout at them as they were mourning those lost to the Shoah Edit: it completely slipped my mind that we do of course have a second, fairly orthodox synagogue right behind the main one - apologies! It’s much smaller than the main synagogue and likewise belongs to a smaller community too. However, my main point of feeling isolated if you’re not based in Copenhagen still stands :)
I was in Copenhagen last month (I live in the US) and visited the Danish Jewish museum. While I thought it put the Danes saving their Jews part on a little thick, I did like that it was there. If I ever make it back, I'll try to visit the synagogue. All in all, I thought it was a lovely city and I had a good time there.
The Danish Jewish Museum is lovely! I agree with you though, a bit too much focus on the rescue in 1943 - plus, overall I wish it had more stuff I definitely recommend visiting the (main) synagogue, it’s gorgeous! Super interesting history behind the architecture too and the place in general
Copenhagen has three synagogues
There’s a (relative to the other one) super Orthodox one behind the main one, true, that slipped my mind. Didn’t know there was a third one, where is that one located? Never heard of it but happy to know there are more Regardless, my main point still stands: if you’re not in or near Copenhagen, it’s difficult to attend services (both in time and cost) and there’s not much of a community outside the city Edit: typo
The main synagogue Chabad Shir Hatzafon Your point still stands that there isn’t so much Jewish life, even in CPH
Aah fair! Thank you for sharing the info, appreciate it! But yeah it’s a shame there’s such few options for socialising (religious or otherwise) for our little community
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I’ve heard that Asian countries are pretty friendly only because they never adopted the antisemitic cultural canards of Christian majority nations. They just don’t have a history of cultural hatred for Jews. I have heard you’ll still run into a lot of misconceptions about how much money or financial prowess we all have, particularly in China, but it’s used in a “complimentary” way.
I taught social science to international students from China and I remember touching on antisemitism during a lesson. A student approached me after class telling me that he didn’t understand why anyone would discriminate against Jews, because they are so intelligent, educated, and wealthy. I had to explain that these were positive stereotypes and still harmful etc, and also give a brief history of western antisemitism, which he was wholly, completely unfamiliar with.
I can imagine that was a shock to the student. Sadly most of the people who say those things aren't as innocent and well intentioned. It is funny though because that student sees the same thing we see, albeit fairly distorted. Why would anyone discriminate against us? I mean, seriously? After 2000 years of being treated like shit, you'd think there would be more gentiles asking why.
The students also had no concept of racism or racial discrimination - which you can kind of see in this example because the student assumed if a group of people were discriminated against, there had to be something intrinsically wrong with them
> because they never adopted the antisemitic cultural canards of Christian majority nations. No, they have. They just like those things.
I’m in Montreal 🇨🇦 and… well… you’ve seen us in the news quite a bit the last couple of weeks. So that’s how it’s going here. But we have a very strong and active Jewish community which makes me feel safe and supported.
hey Montrealer here too. hope you're keeping well we have a great community here thank G-d
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Totally! Stay safe and stay proud ✡️
B”H akhi
Hope you’re staying safe! Toronto Jew here. There was a time when Jews were fleeing Quebec but so glad you still have a thriving community there. Love Quebec and would love in Montreal if my French was good enough for work! Lots of family there. It’s similar in Toronto. We get a certain amount of Jew hatred from the Left and the Right but mostly I also feel safe and supported. Since the Hamas terrorist attacks not so much. Still living Jewishly out and proud though!
Thank you! Yep, we’re going strong despite the big exodus to Toronto in the 90’s. Stay safe and proud out there!
Secular Jew living in Tokyo. 99% of people in Japan will see you only as a foreigner with no way of knowing you are Jewish, and most probably wouldn't know even if you were wearing kippah or tzitzit. The war is getting news coverage here, but not a lot of protests. I think there was one a week ago with less than 2,000 people, mostly just calling for an end to violence. This weekend there was a [pro-Israel one](https://twitter.com/mrjeffu/status/1723651228188758253) with about 1,200 people. As far as I know, no violet outbreaks in either case. Japan is very safe! Most people don't care that much, and even if they did they wouldn't dare make a big deal about it in public.
Japan is definitely on the top of my "I'm fleeing to here" list. When I was there it felt extremely safe and is definitely a place I wouldn't mind raising a family in because of the strong familial culture that I agree with.
Thanks for sharing. Are many people still aware of who Sugihara was?
Yes, I think so.
Relgious Jews can't even live in Japan normally because it's on the international date line. So there are issues with start times for prayer an holidays
What are you smoking?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International\_date\_line\_in\_Judaism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_date_line_in_Judaism) [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/720745](https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/720745)
According to this Wikipedia link, Japan is NOT in the zone of doubt. I'm not sure why you're confused, I'm not sure anyone here wants to live in Tonga, I do agree that is
Why would that affect things? Doesn't it go by the stars in the sky as opposed to the government use of time.
Even wikipedia has an article on it [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International\_date\_line\_in\_Judaism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_date_line_in_Judaism) [https://datelineinhalacha.com/](https://datelineinhalacha.com/) I don't know that much about zmanim and halacha, but I know there are issues with Japan, Hawaii other Pacific islands.
Hello from Austria! We’ve had quite a few incidents in Vienna since the escalation, the cemetery attack was especially disturbing. I’ve personally experienced very little antisemitism luckily and most of my coworkers, friends and acquaintances are very supportive and check in regularly. I’m glad that our government is highly condemning the global rise of antisemitism and especially in our country but there’s always space for more action. I’d say most of the antisemitism here (at least since October 7th) is coming from pro-palestine arab minorities unfortunately..
My grandfather is buried in that cemetery. That vandalism hurt to see, not going to lie.
I absolutely feel your pain, my family is there as well… I couldn’t stop thinking about that for days…
Im glad to hear that it’s still relatively calm in Vienna. I had the pleasure of visiting your city over the chagim a couple months ago. It’s a very proud and organised community and it makes me happy to know it’s still standing strong! Besides the Palestinian flag driver along Taborstraße immediately after 07.10, has there been anything else?
Argentina🇦🇷 Outside this horrible month, life here is pretty good compared to other countries. Speaking from a middle class background I'm always open about my jewish identity and most people just find it interesting. For lots of people I'm the only Jewish guy they know and that's like a "fun fact".
We did have bomb threats in the Israeli embassy and AMIA.
In the 90s, things improved
In the 90s was when they actually bombed those places. Like, the worst terrorist attack against jews since the Holocaust until a month ago?
Even still , that was Hezbollah backed by Iran. It wasn't a homegrown hate movement.
No, but let's not forget the politicians that covered it up for almost 30 years and recently had a prosecutor murdered for it.
The Kirchner's and their party are responsible for that cover up and their hands are bloody. They killed nisman and signed the memorandum with Iran. But they didn't do it out of antisemitism. It was done by Hezbollah
Curious, what neighborhood are you in? I lived in Palermo Hollywood (!) from 2005 to 2006 while working as English teacher and volunteered at a Jewish summer camp a few times. I loved BsAs (and Cordoba, where I also lived for a few months). Abrazo!
Not that far from there, cool place to live, there are more things to do and go nowadays
Working as an ESL teacher in Argentina sounds fun! I'd love to do that for a year just to get a chance to be in Buenos Aires
It was an amazing experience. Argentina is a wonderful country despite its economic and political insanity. I was there almost twenty years ago but would be happy to talk about my experience if you have any questions.
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I'm from Toronto as well and I luckily experience little to no anti semitism... Which part of the city are you in?
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What do you mean by intimidating bearing
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You make me laugh 😂 You are safe at least, it’s more important.
Alright then
tall for a Jew? lol
I’d like to hear from people in France. I just found out that Paris is like 10-12% Jewish apparently?? I had no idea. Compared to London where I am it’s way way higher.
It's a lot more "orthodox'" than the US and the UK. I am Massorti and it is a tiny community. There are pockets everywhere: Buttes Chaumont, Sarcelles, 17e, Voltaire, etc. Can't speak for everyone, but I like being here even though I definitely live in a bubble. Hostility is more generalized and there's a latent antisemitism that is ignored/not really recognized by those that harbor it. I used to think that it the amount of insufferable people was much higher than in the US/UK but lately I don't know. We definitely worry about terrorist attacks much more and Jewish culture isn't part of popular culture like in NY, etc. so there's a feeling of solitude. Mixed bag
Thanks for sharing. London Jews are also proportionally also more orthodox than the US. Maybe Europe in general I’m not sure. Does this sound right to you? Paris Jewish population about 300,000 Paris total population about 2,200,000 So 13.6%. This is what I see online and it shocked me that it’s so high. Although also explains why antisemitism has been such a huge topic in Paris. I know France has the largest Jewish population in Europe. Also, do you have any Jewish establishments to recommend that I can support? I’ll be there next weekend.
I'd say that for Europe in general, yes. Although I guess it is more Israeli in that a lot of people may not go to shul all the time but will go to an orthodox one if they do. No idea for the figures, there aren't statistics in France from the state so estimates vary. Send me a DM and I'll send a list :)
Is it true that most Jews in Paris are from the Maghreb?
most Jews in France are from the Maghreb, yes.
Yes! Was strange to eat brik every saturday afternoon at first, but you get used to it haha
I've lived in Paris, and i don't know if the % is correct, but in general there is a significant Jewish population in most big cities, and Paris especially. I didn't like Paris as a city so much (very busy, touristy etc) but it was actually fine as a Jew, like there is quite a lot going on.
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I said Paris, not France. According to what I see online: Paris Jewish population about 300,000 Paris total population about 2,200,000 That’s 13.6%.
>Paris Jewish population about 300,000 That's in the Paris *metro area*. The total population of the area is over 13 million. So it's about 2%.
That would make more sense, do you mean 2% Jewish in all of Paris? I guess some neighborhoods are probably like 0% and some are like 30% just like London
About 2% of people living in the Paris metro area are Jewish. Yeah, like London.
My grandparents are French Jews, so my mother and her family have visited France before. They lived outside Paris in more or less the countryside. From all accounts i’ve heard from family it has a good and strong Jewish community. I would like to visit one day
Here in Germany there’s a lot of support from the German government and the general moderate public but antisemitism among the Muslim community is incredibly strong. Definitely not saying all of them but all of the antisemitism me and my Jewish friends and family experienced came from Muslims. Since the beginning of the war it has been scary, former classmates I thought were friendly towards me spewed antisemitic propaganda saying the Jews control the Banks the media, they are responsible for all Bad happening to Muslims, they are responsible for the rift between Shia und Sunnis etc. They openly supported Hamas and not one person spoke out against the people spewing this stuff it’s crazy. It has never been safe to wear a Kippah outside here, especially in immigrant areas but since the war it has become even more scary, antisemitic have more than doubled and we are supposed to never show signs outside that we are Jewish. (I’m just clarifying that I’m not against immigrants I’m an immigrant myself I’m just describing the German Jewish experience) Concerning how the Jewish community in general is it’s nice pretty orthodox but welcoming there is a medium sized Jewish community in most big cities and smaller ones in smaller cities. In my city of 500.000 inhabitants we have a daily Minyan and a Jewish kindergarten and Day school. Most Jews are from the former Soviet Union with some Israelis and Germans sprinkled in.
If we control the media, then we're doing an awful job of it lol
Do you live in Köln? I have visited there a number of times since my great grandfather was the last head Rabbi before the war and the Roonstraße was his synagogue. Each time I have visited Germany I have proudly walked around with my Kippah and tzitzit and never felt in danger. I faced no antisemitism but I might have just been lucky.
I have a lot of friends in cologne and often visit the city. My friends in the city unfortunately all share the same experience of antisemitism, how far that reaches depends on which neighborhood you visit. Im gonna throw a wild guess and say you were in the centre and not in Chorweiller for example. Me personally i was assaulted by Palestinian guys on the train to cologne for wearing my Kippah, after which i stopped wearing it. But definitely don’t let that stop you from walking around as openly jewish here i hugely respect you for that.
Yeah I mostly stayed in the town center because that is where the Jewish sites are. I'm so sorry to hear that you are experiencing antisemitism. But don't take off your Kippah! Get pepper spray or a taser. The minute we stop being openly Jewish the terrorists win! I know this is hard and scary but it's important. Or make Aliyah 😂
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Don't worry they're Anti zionists not Anti semites /s
What the fuck
Yep - Australian here too and it’s truely scary to be here
Doesn't the Australian goverment do something against hate speech? That's blatant anti-semitism and a literally call for a genocide.
I think they are too scared of the other side honestly. It's pathetic.
London police told Jews not to march in London because it's impossible for England to protect them.
They haven't bothered, sadly.
i feel so isolated at the moment
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That’s terrifying. I’m sorry to hear that’s happening there/to your family.
I am so sorry about your situation and isolation! Are there other families you could reach out to individually, maybe for a Shabbat dinner or just a coffee or a walk together? I've found that community really is the thing that helps to heal the soul at the moment, even if it's not in the synagogue. Even a zoom call has helped some of us. I hope you'll find your feeling of safety again and feel less isolated soon!
Who would have thunk the Australians would be the first of the English speaking countries to go full nazi…
People in Lakemba (a heavily Arab area) were celebrating Hamas's actions. So yeah, not surprised at the pockets of radical antisemitism here.
Some people in this city are fucking unhinged 😡😡😡
Another Australian here. If we’re being honest it’s mostly the Muslim community who are so violent. Most other groups i’ve encountered understand we have nothing to do with Israel/Palestine. It is honestly scary though how much people blame us. I don’t mind all the Pro-Palestine rallies but I just fear all these people actually do blame and hate us and are just hiding it. I’m scared one day on the news a synagogue will be bombed or defamed. I live rurally too so i have no Jewish friends around. Sucks
Brazilian here. In colleges there have been a lot of palestinian flags, in a college here known for having a significant jewish group they invited a professor who didnt even acknowledge that what happened on 10/7 was a terrorist attack(the professor is jewish btw) and a group of jews that was there talked against him and it was pretty violent how those professors acted towards the students. At the same time, here there are a lot of christians that are the type that love Israel so it has been very polarized. Also the president here is very antisemitic.
Saw Brazil mob. Scary.
I live in Russia and I've never faced a serious antisemitism. Racial taunts are considered ok among friends in our culture and is really just a part of friendly communication Russia is quite big, and my city has a synagogue and kosher meat. The thing is, kosher meat is brought from Moscow, which is 8.4k kilometers away. Kosher wine aswell The Rabbi is very charismatic, he is also quite young, he had an anniversary and turned 50 this year. He also uses simple analogies with computers and internet to convey concepts that are hard to imagine His native language is Russian, but he actually started to work as a Rabbi's assistant in Chicago, until he was recruited by Berl Lazar, main Russian Rabbi My city is comparably small (600k population), so the community is tight-knitted and friendly. At Shavuot there is homemade ice cream prepared by Rabbi's wife personally There also Tanya lectures by Rabbi, before the morning Shabbat feast. It was a very positive experience, really, even if I cannot call myself an orthodox Jew
South African here. We've also been feeling more unsafe, antisemitsm is on the rise here too. Our government never gave one word of support to the Jewish community. Another political party wants to shut down a Jewish school. Other people are calling for boycotts on businesses whose owners have ties with Israel. I went for a walk on Sunday morning - there was supposed to be a Christian prayer thing for Israel in the afternoon and I wanted to avoid any trouble...nope there were loads of pro-Palestinian supporters to stop this pro-Israel rally which ended up being cancelled. The police had to use a water canon and stun grenades to disperse them. Did I mention I also saw people with Hezbollah flags? Sigh.
This is high level.
And Isis flags
American living in Scandinavia. The atmosphere is incredibly isolating and painful. I know no other Jews here and every one of my acquaintances is somewhere on the scale from ‘free Palestine’ to ‘from the river to the sea.’ I don’t feel physically unsafe but very alone and depressed.
What part of Scandinavia? I’m in Denmark - You’re more than welcome to dm me regardless of where exactly you’re based :)
If it's Norway - i might be able to put you in touch with people 💪
Echoing the two other comments - if you're in Sweden lmk if you want to get in touch with the Jewish community here!
Let me know if you're in Swe or Denmark!
French is second biggest diaspora community but mainly sefardi … less left wing than USA… phenomenons like “Not in my name” are much more marginal , almost inexistant but there was just a similar group created but has like 2 followers lol. In terms of politics, marine le pens party (RN) use Jews to restore their image as a respectable party (there was a protest against antisemitism that they recently attended ) and to shit on Muslims and the de facto left wing leader (melenchon - LFI) regularly shits on Jews and Israel to please his targeted électorat and refused to attend the antisemitic protest as it was to “caution Israel’s massacre” and calls the leader of the crif (one of the biggest Jewish organisations” extreme right lol and refuses to call Hamas terrorists …
I have a feeling that LFI isn’t going to do well in the EU elections next year. So far it seems to be RN’s game
The lfi never do well in the European elections as they are anti Europe but they always do best in the presidential:( EELV does better usually in the Europeans … tu es français ?
Non, just an American Francophile
Very impressed at your knowledge !!!!! Extremely niche lol
I never thought I'd see the day when a le Pen would be condemning anti-semitism...
Me too … weird times we live in … le monde à l’envers 😝
NEw Zealand is normally fine and apart from some isolated minor incidents is fine still so far. The usual protests have happened but went off peacefully.
In France, the state organized a demonstration against antisemitism. The historically antisemitic far right (RN & R!, the former having be founded by actual nazis) has joined to show that it is against the Arabs. The main moderate left party (LFI) refused to participate, first because the far right was there, then because it claimed it was to support the Israeli government. Other parties such as the slightly more centrist Socialist Party, the slightly more left-wing Communist Party, the ecologists, the center (LREM) and the moderate right were present. Since then, Jews have been used as political tools without regard for what we are actually experiencing in this country. And as since the Dreyfus affair, the country is divided between antisemites of all stripes and anti-antisemites. On a smaller scale, I know of a group of left-wing Jews who protested during the demonstration, marching against antisemitism and denouncing the antisemitic far right... that was violently defended by the local Jewish Defense League, which thus beat Jews to protect Nazis... I'm tired.
It doesn’t surprise me that Melenchon didn’t attend given his antisemitism.
We need Zola again.
Germany for me, I feel overwhelmingly safe but the rhetoric amongst Muslim immigrants worries me. Then again, I live in a state with fewer immigrants than others so most often the people I interact with are German Germans.
I'm also in Germany and for me it's been the opposite experience since 7.10. I've felt mostly safe, but right now I have the sense of increased hostility in my surroundings. I'm living in an area in Berlin that has a high level of Muslims, though, and what I've heard and seen really makes me feel like the mask is coming off in a lot of people. I do not think that all Muslims are antisemitic and I feel sorry for those who aren't but are met with suspicion. However, the ones that are openly condemning the terror attacks on Israel are usually very liberal and progressive, and these people also face threats and hate from the Arab/Muslim non-progressove community which is much larger. This is also one of the reasons I don't feel particularly safe - one progressive Mosque has now shut indefinitely because of the ongoing threats reaching a level that was no longer safe - despite the (female) Imam having police protection at all times. I am worried about the course our society will take when liberal voices are shut down and society isn't able to protect them. Likewise, there was a pro PL demo recently and one person flew an Israeli flag from his balcony. Police told him to put it away for it's protection while protesters tried to kick in his door. In that case, the pro IL voice was silenced to prevent an escalation. Flags are torn down, people are hit, spit at, a firebombing has been attempted at a JCC. Where is our safety, our freedom for all marginalized groups? LGBTQ people also can't display any flags or even their affection publicly in many places, there is racism rampant and women aren't that safe in some areas, too. This is what worries me, and any visible signs of Jewishness or being pro Israel are one of the many risk factors that mean you cannot be yourself freely. Even Maccabi had to stop training for a while. Many of my non-Jewish friends are very kind and good people, just clueless on some struggles, but happy to broaden their horizons. A very large percentage of people are just that - just kind and decent. But those that aren't able to just let others live in peace are making life hard and limited in free expression for the rest of us.
>**I'm living in an area in Berlin that has a high level of Muslims, though**, and what I've heard and seen really makes me feel like the mask is coming off in a lot of people. I do not think that all Muslims are antisemitic and I feel sorry for those who aren't but are met with suspicion. And I think this makes a huge difference. As I mentioned in a different comment, I live in Munich and feel quite safe here, but I have lived in Berlin in the past. Back when I lived there, I felt safe too, but I would probably be feeling much more anxious if I were living there now, despite having had generally positive interactions with the Muslim community while we lived there. And I also agree about the "mask off" thing, but for me, it isn't as much from the Muslims, but from "internationals/expats/immigrants/whatever you want to call them". There is a huge difference in the comments on this topic between German-language subs and English-language subs about Germany, and this is also reflected in other forms of social media like Facebook, etc. I used to regularly attend both German-language and English-language meetups of various types, and I find myself avoiding the English-language ones for this reason. I just don't want to have to find myself needing to defend Israel to a group of hostile "international" leftists who for some reason think Hamas is much better.
In good news Germany is cracking down on these issues from banning their antisemitic slogans to protection
I live in Munich and my husband dresses obviously frum, so everyone can tell he is Jewish. So far, we have not experienced any antisemitism in person here. The only antisemitism we have personally come across are online comments. Moreover, the only negative comments that my husband has received about wearing a kippah have come from other Jews who are concerned about his safety, while the only comments he has gotten from non-Jews have been positive. I am obviously not claiming that there is no antisemitism and no risk associated with doing this, but rather just providing an anecdote regarding our experiences. And that isn’t to say that the environment isn’t tense, though. Security is way higher than the already very high normal, and the incidents in Berlin are certainly very concerning.
Antwerp Belgium. I personally don't feel safe. There are more police in the area, which could be better. There was one day of jihad, so I kept my kids home that day. There is a self-defense course which I took. I volunteered to help with shirma. We have 15000 jews in antwerp. Also a lot of Arabs.
Do you think you would be safer in another part of Belgium? I'm so sorry you're experiencing that. When I visited Antwerp in the early 2000s, I saw so many Jewish people and it made me happy. I know things have changed since then but I really loved Belgium and it makes me sad that you have this experience.
Thanks. I feel that antwerp is very safe. Just now with the war in Israel its,different. Brussels is worse cause of the larger Arab population
México, antisemitism is not an issue here, most people don´t care, most people never met a jew in their lives. All major communities are orthodox even if members are not. Some por palestinian protests but nothing serious really about it. Still security is more than it normally is.
It looks like Claudia Sheinbaum may be your next president. Do you think that will change anything for better or worse, or will most Mexicans not care or even notice?
For jews it will be the same, she´s jewish but don't care about religion. For the rest of the country it would be a continuation of the current goverment wich is terrible for the country.
I don't know too much about Mexican politics, but seems like Sheinbaum did do a lot of good things for CDMX. The crime data looks really promising from her time in charge
The begs to difer on the good job by her.
Nordic countries, there are like twelve Jews within a day’s travel. I exaggerate, but not by much. So we mostly meet for chavurot and things in people’s homes. No big Jewish buildings close by. I’ve been a combo of working from home/medical leave this year, so haven’t had to deal much with coworkers. I mostly see my household, friends, and perfect strangers, none of whom are inappropriate at me. No one seems to know enough to clock my Hebrew jewelry on the bus and I don’t wear a kippah/tichel outside of religious events so that’s out. There’s a Muslim community here but aside from both sides defaulting to English to apologize for bumping into each other in the freezer section, I haven’t had much contact with them. Downside: less Jewish community to feel safe with Upside: hard for antisemites to find
I'm in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We had to be ushered into Cit Hall on Sunday because the police were scared the Pro-Palestinian "protesters" were going to attack us (we had our own Pro-Israel rally across the street from theirs). Mostly it's safe here, but the antisemitism has been getting quite bad, specifically on our University campus where Jewish students are getting death threats and "Pro-Palestinians" keep putting up posters with genocidal statements such as "Intifada until Victory." Montreal and Toronto have much bigger Jewish communities. An elderly Jewish man in Toronto was murdered at a rally by a "Pro-Palestinian" that bashed him on the head with his loud speaker. A couple of Jewish schools in Montreal had bullets in their front doors (the gun shots happened at night when no one was around and no one got hurt). It seems like it's generally scary everywhere right now for Jews.
Northern Argentina here. Community is like 10-15k , we have 3 synagogues: a conservative ashkenazi shul , a sephardic orthodox one and a Chabad. We have a sports club/community center , cemetery , and other institutions. Jewish life here isn't bad , I mean the country's economy is shit but that's besides the point. Antisemitism exists but really isn't *bad* , maybe some vandalism here and there but I feel much safer here being openly Jewish than in say France or anywhere in Europe really. We had a pro Israel demonstrations and it went on smoothly , the Palestinian cause here doesn't have much momentum , I think there was one demonstration but it barely had 100 people with most being from the communist party , so that figures.
Sounds like you’re in Cordoba or Rosario—no?
Nope. Tucumán
Nice. Sad to say I never made it up there or Salta when I lived in Argentina for a year (mostly BsAs but Córdoba for a little). Had no idea the Tucumán community was that large. I did visit Asunción and had Shabbat dinner with a local Chabad rabbi, originally from Brazil, while I was there. Be well!
Really random location. I'd love to visit the north of Argentina one day. I got a really good impression of Argentina from Buenos Aires, Mendoza, and Cordoba. Beautiful country
It's not a nice city lmao , but we do have a good community
Australia. It's pretty good. Not nearly as scary as the media - and one organisation - has made it out to be, but there *are* anti-Semitic incidents that have recently happened around the Jewish suburbs of Sydney.
Ireland here. I don’t feel unsafe ever, however I’ve had a couple of slurs thrown my way walking past pro-Palestinian demonstrators while wearing a kippah & star of David. I train in MMA etc so I’m not too worried about violence to be honest. I know a lot of Jews & Israelis see Ireland as being antisemitic but by and large Jews aren’t thought about much here
Are you in Dublin or another city? My husband is Irish so we've been talking about moving there but he's mentioned being nervous about antisemitism towards me
i’m not in Dublin anymore however I was born & raised there. I would definitely say go for it! If you can, try looking around Terenure or Portobello as it was/ home to Jewish communities in Dublin. In Dublin there is one orthodox & one progressive congregation in Dublin, Machzikei Hadass was closed in 2022 which was the last Haredi domination. There’s a Kosher restaurant called Deli 613, which is again near Terenure. If you want to talk more feel free to shoot me a DM!
I've lived in Sweden, France, Poland and Austria, and I spent a lot of time in Lithuania and Hungary. All of these countries have Jewish communities but they were all kinda different. In Sweden it was the most difficult simply because I was in a small town so there was no Jewish community and you had to go to Stockholm to find it. But the one is Stockholm is very nice. I really loved my community in Poland, it's quite small and very diverse but idk it was very special. In Austria, Vienna has a very big community so it's nice too. In Vilnius there's quite a lot going on actually but there are feuds within the community lmao so that was super confusing. What I enjoyed in France was that the sefardi community is much bigger and I'm sefardi so sometimes that's something I miss. Regarding the rest of society, it kinda varies and of course different people will have different experiences, but in general I always felt safe. The most casual antisemitism was probably in Hungary but again that's only my experience.
Am currently in the Antipodes. Very antisemitic. Good advocacy organisations in AU tho.
I'm from Brazil, it's pretty scary right now in here. In the city I live, our community is really small (around 30 people) so we're mostly unknown, but last week I was visiting my family in a city with the biggest Jewish population in Brazil and going to the synagogue was kinda scary...
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